GRE Word List
AMALGAM
a mixture of different elements
The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anarchy | absence of government |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| zenith | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer see azimuth illustration |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| overwhelm | upset |